Arnold's Imperialism

Updated Nov. 12, 2007 11:59 p.m. ET

"Our future depends on us taking action against global warming right now," Arnold Schwarzenegger said at a press conference last Thursday. And so California has sued the Environmental Protection Agency to force the EPA's hand on local laws that regulate carbon emissions from California automobiles. "We sue again, and sue again, and sue again, until we get it," the Governor promised.

His vision of endless litigation is really an attempt to pull off an elaborate bait-and-switch. Experimentation in the...